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#008 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “The Naxxt Wing – The Construct Quarter”
Intro:
Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn. We’re glad you could join us for our eighth episode.
This week we are talking about…
Updates:
What did you do this week?
News
1. “Everything is OP” article
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/16/everything-is-op-in-hearthstone-and-how-blizzard-counters-perc/ “It’s all about us giving the community the tools to figure out their own solution, this is why we are often reluctant to talk about buffing and nerfing, which are concepts of traditional video game development,” said Woo. “We don’t want you to come up with a clever way to play and then have that taken away, what we want to do is add more tools to the environment so that when your opponent faces your clever idea, they have a clever idea to counter it. We want that to be the dialogue.”
2. Observer mode will come to Hearthstone, new expansion in development, co-op mode possible
“One of our most requested features is a spectator or observer mode,” Woo said. “We want to make tournaments easier to stream. We want to capture that ‘over the shoulder’ feeling when you’re watching friends play. “There’s a hunger for more social elements and we want to explore social experiences through this mode, offer that to your friends. You’ll come online, see a friend playing, and be able to watch. It’s in active development right, and while we don’t have an ETA just yet, it’s coming along.” With Curse of Naxxramas nearing completion, Woo also confirmed that a non-adventure expansion is currently in the works, and that co-op is near the top of the studio’s list of what ifs.http://www.gamezone.com/news/2014/08/15/observer-mode-will-come-to-hearthstone-new-expansion-in-development-co-op-mode-possible
3. 10th class?
* The team isn’t really interested in going with a 10th class yet. There is so much more to still explore within the current space.
4. Info on next content release:
* For the next content release, Hearthstone is currently headed toward a traditional TCG/CCG release model.
* In future expansions, they’ll return to more traditional things like adding new boosters to get new cards.
* Ben Brode confirmed in an interview that we’d be seeing more than 30 cards
5. New Card Back – (sad)
There is going to be a new card back that comes out with the Warlords of Draenor expansion in World of Warcraft. You have to purchase the Collector’s edition to get the card.
Naxx – The Construct Quarter
Overall thoughts?
Boss #1: The shambling abomination Patchwerk
His hero power is 4 cost, destroy a minion. He has a special weapon card called “Hook”, in normal mode it’s a 3 cost, 5 / 8 Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand. In heroic mode it’s 3 cost 4 / 8, Windfury, Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand. The card you get from beating him in normal mode is Undertaker (1 cost 1 /2 minon “Whenever you summon a minion with deathrattle gain +1 / +1”)
Boss #2: Grobbulus
His hero power in normal mode is 2 cost “Deal 1 damage to all minions. If any die summon a slime”. In heroic mode his power is 0 cost “Deal 2 damage to all minions. If any die summon a slime”. (Slime’s are 1 cost,
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By Vastidious and Espo, Hearthstone Podcasters#008 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “The Naxxt Wing – The Construct Quarter”
Intro:
Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn. We’re glad you could join us for our eighth episode.
This week we are talking about…
Updates:
What did you do this week?
News
1. “Everything is OP” article
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/16/everything-is-op-in-hearthstone-and-how-blizzard-counters-perc/ “It’s all about us giving the community the tools to figure out their own solution, this is why we are often reluctant to talk about buffing and nerfing, which are concepts of traditional video game development,” said Woo. “We don’t want you to come up with a clever way to play and then have that taken away, what we want to do is add more tools to the environment so that when your opponent faces your clever idea, they have a clever idea to counter it. We want that to be the dialogue.”
2. Observer mode will come to Hearthstone, new expansion in development, co-op mode possible
“One of our most requested features is a spectator or observer mode,” Woo said. “We want to make tournaments easier to stream. We want to capture that ‘over the shoulder’ feeling when you’re watching friends play. “There’s a hunger for more social elements and we want to explore social experiences through this mode, offer that to your friends. You’ll come online, see a friend playing, and be able to watch. It’s in active development right, and while we don’t have an ETA just yet, it’s coming along.” With Curse of Naxxramas nearing completion, Woo also confirmed that a non-adventure expansion is currently in the works, and that co-op is near the top of the studio’s list of what ifs.http://www.gamezone.com/news/2014/08/15/observer-mode-will-come-to-hearthstone-new-expansion-in-development-co-op-mode-possible
3. 10th class?
* The team isn’t really interested in going with a 10th class yet. There is so much more to still explore within the current space.
4. Info on next content release:
* For the next content release, Hearthstone is currently headed toward a traditional TCG/CCG release model.
* In future expansions, they’ll return to more traditional things like adding new boosters to get new cards.
* Ben Brode confirmed in an interview that we’d be seeing more than 30 cards
5. New Card Back – (sad)
There is going to be a new card back that comes out with the Warlords of Draenor expansion in World of Warcraft. You have to purchase the Collector’s edition to get the card.
Naxx – The Construct Quarter
Overall thoughts?
Boss #1: The shambling abomination Patchwerk
His hero power is 4 cost, destroy a minion. He has a special weapon card called “Hook”, in normal mode it’s a 3 cost, 5 / 8 Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand. In heroic mode it’s 3 cost 4 / 8, Windfury, Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand. The card you get from beating him in normal mode is Undertaker (1 cost 1 /2 minon “Whenever you summon a minion with deathrattle gain +1 / +1”)
Boss #2: Grobbulus
His hero power in normal mode is 2 cost “Deal 1 damage to all minions. If any die summon a slime”. In heroic mode his power is 0 cost “Deal 2 damage to all minions. If any die summon a slime”. (Slime’s are 1 cost,